Solid-rim wood column.



No. 813,450. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906. L. A. ROBINSON & H. BIBLE.

SOLID RIM WOOD COLUMN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5.1905- UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

LEE A. ROBINSON AND HUNLEY BIBLE, OF SHERMAN, TEXAS.

SOLID-RIM WOOD COLUMN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed September 5, 1905. Serial No. 277,015.

T0 aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEE A. RoBINsoN and HUNLEY BIBLE, citizens of the United States, residing at Sherman, in the county of Grayson and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Solid-Rim Wood Columns, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of wood columns which are usually built up from a number of staves or strips properly formed by beveling, &c., and assembled to produce a column of the size and shape desired. Columns such as this have been found to be obj ectionable, owing to the fact that individual strips are liable to become relatively displaced by 1being swollen by dampness or contracted b eat.

In view of the foregoing our invention consists in an improved column composed of a solid rim or shell formed from a round log of suitable wood by boring out a central core, leaving the rim of any desired thickness and also leaving a round core of timber that may be used for another column of smaller diameter or for other purposes. We have applied for a patent on a machine for accomplishing this.

Our invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein corresponding letters of reference indicate like parts, and wherein' Figure 1 is a view of a portion of our improved column, the same being shown in side elevation with a part of its component parts removed and Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line X X of Fig. 1.

In said drawings the column A is shown as consisting of a solid rim of the proper thickness and provided with a circular groove or recess B to receive the member C. This member is formed in two halves for convenience in attaching. The cap D and base E may be of any design and secured in the usual manner.

To produce a column of our design, a round log of wood of the proper diameter and length is procured and placed in a machine constructed especially for the purpose, which forms a hole longitudinally through said log by boring a narrow cylindrical cut its entire length, thus forming the inner diameter of the column smooth and straight and leaving a core of solid timber slightly smaller in diameter than the hole formed through said log. The shell thus produced is then chucked in a lathe true with its the outer circumference of the log is turned down and the ends squared, leaving a column of the desired diameter and thickness of shell. Grooves B are then turned wherever desirable to place molded members, thus finishing the column.

We desire to call attention to the fact that no beveling, dovetailing, nailing, or other disfiguring methods usually employed heretofore in making a column from a series of staves is required, as the solid rim we produce overcomes the many objectionable fea-- tures, effects a great saving in lumber and labor, thus enabling us to furnish a better article at lower cost.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hollow column made'from a single piece of wood, said column having an annular groove or recess formed therein, an ornamental wooden ring or collar made in two or more complementary sections and adapted to fit in said groove and a cap and base secured to the column.

2. A hollow wooden column made from a single piece of wood and having annular channels or grooves formed in its circumference, and wooden rings or collars adapted to be secured in the annular grooves, said collars being made in two or more complementary sections.

In testimony whereof We affix tures in presence of two witnesses.

LEE A. ROBINSON. HUNLEY BIBLE. Witnesses:

J. P. GEREN, Z. P. DEDERICK.

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